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Historical Event on 4/14/1944
Blast in ammunition loaded on 1,318 tonned freighter 'S. S. Fort Stikine' which was anchored in Victoria Dock at Bombay. The explosion killed 1376 people, wrecking 27 ships and destroying 40,000 tons of food.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/6/1999 | Shiv Sena activists dug up the Kotla pitch in Delhi with a view to prevent the Indo-Pakistan first Test which was to commence from Jan. 28. |
| 5/14/2000 | L. K. Advani, Union Home Minister, announces extension of the ban on the LTTE by two more years. |
| 2/2/1788 | Pitt's Regulatory Act was was introduced to modify the Indian Administration and put further controls on Government of India after the 1784 Bill. |
| 4/7/1935 | Shankar Abaji Bhise, famous Indian scientist, died. |
| 8/28/1972 | General Insurance Business was nationalised. |
| 3/3/1997 | Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, arrives in New Delhi. |
| 4/14/1907 | P. C. Joshi, famous Leftist leader and thinker, was born. |
| 5/7/2000 | Ranjit Singh Gill, one of the prime accused in the murder of Lalit Maken and his wife Geetanjali, who was the daughter of the late President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma, on July 31, 1985, was extradited to Delhi from the US to stand trial in the case. |
| 1/19/2000 | Railways retains the Lady Ratan Trophy Women's National Hockey championship. |
| 4/2/1980 | Raj Narain expelled from Lok Dal forms Janata (S) Party. |
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